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DURHAM – Cooling technology firm Phononic, which provides systems to cool a wide variety of devices and such big heat generators as telecom networks, has secured a contract to move more deeply into the growing vehicle guidance market for lidar (light detection and ranging). Lidar – backed by Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs – is

By Joe Rossignol, MacRumors Apple is expected to unveil four new iPhone 15 models at its event on Tuesday, September 12, and the devices will likely be available to pre-order starting Friday, September 15. All four models are rumored to be equipped with a USB-C port and the Dynamic Island, while many additional features are expected

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – IBM is warning customers and potential clients that several cloud computing services  are going up in price as much as 26% in 2024. In a post at Github, IBM spelled out the changes. Some prices, however, remain at 2023 levels. Check out the details here. IBM and Raleigh-based Red Hat, which

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Although Airbnb is reporting another successful year with 20% revenue growth, a growing number of Airbnb hosts are seeing fewer and fewer bookings. Some wonder if participating in the famous property rental program is worth investing time and money. In addition to this, Reventure Consulting CEO Nick Gerli recently tweeted how revenues are down nearly 50% in

By Tim Hardwick, MacRumors Apple is developing a low-cost MacBook series to compete with Chromebook models in the education sector that could be launched as early as the second half of 2024, claims a new report out of Taiwan. According to DigiTimes‘ industry sources, Apple will likely launch the new product line to differentiate it

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – An executive at Amnesty International is questioning IBM’s $70 million five-year contract with the UK government to implement what’s called a “Matcher Service Platform,” saying the deal violates IBM’s self-declared limits on use of its facial recognition technology. “The research across the globe is clear; there is no application of one-to-many

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Lenovo says it’s near the launch of its hand-held gaming console – “Legion Go” – and a popular YouTube reviewer is hyping it as “so cool.” David2D, who has more than 3.6 million YouTube subscribers, writes: “OMG THIS IS SO COOL.” His review runs some 20 minutes. “First Impressions of the

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – More than 10,000 North Carolinians lost $175 million to internet scams in a record year for ripoffs across the U.S., a new study says. “A record $10.3 billion was lost by Americans to online scams in 2022, up from $6.9 billion in 2021, and up 277% from $2.7 billion five years

A new study reveals that North Carolinians are among those spending the most time on their cell phones. The state ranks eighth. The study, conducted by sleep expert Amerisleep, analyzed each US state’s average monthly searches for 3,200 terms such as ‘battery overheating’ or ‘why is my phone not working’ to discover where there have been